Lions Park Station is a Calgary C-Train light rail station in Hounsfield Heights-Briar Hill, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Opened on September 7, 1987 as part of the original Northwest Line (Route 201). It is located on the exclusive LRT right of way on the south side of 14 Avenue NW, just east of 19 Street NW. Two side-loading platforms with ramp access from grade level as well as pedestrian crossings are located at both ends of the station. The station is located adjacent to the Mall Entrance 5 of the North Hill Centre shopping mall, and is less than 1 kilometre (0.62 miles) away from the campus of SAIT.
Lions Park | |||||||||||
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| Location | 1901C - 14 Avenue NW | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°03′54″N 114°06′12″W / 51.06500°N 114.10333°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Calgary Transit | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Side-loading platforms | ||||||||||
| Connections | 19 16th Avenue North/Rundle 31 Dalhousie 40 Crowfoot 89 Sandstone 91 Foothills Medical Centre 105 Dalhousie 404 Briar Hill/Mt Pleasant/West Hillhurst 414 14th Street Crosstown MO MAX Orange Saddletowne/Brentwood | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | None | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1987 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2013 | ||||||||||
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The station is located on the Northwest leg of the Red Line, sitting between SAIT/AUArts/Jubilee Station southbound, and Banff Trail Station northbound. The station acts as a transfer point of the MAX Orange BRT bus line, connecting with the North Hill stop.[1]
In 2008, the station registered an average of 5,800 weekday boardings.[2]
Station Upgrades
editAs part of Calgary Transit's plan to operate four-car trains by the end of 2014, all three-car platforms were to be extended. Lions Park Station had the platform extended to the East which also include an additional level crossing of the tracks, as well the pedestrian crossing of 14 Avenue NW was moved along with the platform. Construction started in Fall 2013 and finished in six months. This platform extension required no closures and didn't affect wheelchair ramp access.[3]
Calgary Transit, in collaboration with Shaw Communications, announced on November 16, 2016 that 8 new locations for Public Wi-Fi services would be added to the Calgary C-Train system. These new locations would add public Wi-Fi to 18 new stations; including Lions Park Station. These changes ere done as they would improve transit experience for their users, which would improve customer commitment.[4]
Crime
editOn the Tuesday night of November 8, 2021, a man was taken to hospital after being stabbed at Lions Park LRT Station.[5]
Police were called to the platform of the Lions Park LRT Station at roughly 8:00 PM on March 28, 2023 for reports of a stabbing. When police arrived, two women were found with stab wounds, one in life-threatening condition. An investigation following this found that a fight had taken place between several women on the platform, who were known by each other.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Calgary's new MAX rapid transit bus lines perplex some riders". CBC News. 2018-11-20. Archived from the original on 2023-04-02.
- ^ Calgary Transit - About CT (Statistics - LRT Ridership) Archived 2007-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Calgary Transit: Lions Park Construction Notice". Archived from the original on 2012-12-12. Retrieved 2012-12-10.
- ^ "Calgary Transit and Shaw Communications expand Public Wi-Fi to the Northwest and Northeast CTrain stations". Calgary Newsroom. November 16, 2016. Archived from the original on April 5, 2023. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
- ^ "CityNews".
- ^ "Calgary woman charged in connection with LRT stabbing". 30 March 2023.
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